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The following letter from the passengers by
the ship Siam was received by Mr Wilcocks on the
19th inst.- "Quebec, Lower Canada, May 20th,
1855. -
Sir,
I am authorised by the majority of passengers on
board your ship Siam, to write you an account of
our safe arrival at Quebec. Capt. Chapman was
exceedingly kind to one and all of us passengers,
from the highest to the lowest; in token of which
kindness a collection was made among the
passengers, and a sum realised enough to purchase
a gold watch guard, which was duly presented him
as a slight acknowledgement of his kindness, for
which we returned him our sincere and heartfelt
gratitude. We are pleased to sat that we arrived
at Quebec before the Oriental, although she
sailed a week previous to us, and the Rose nearly
a fortnight. We should feel greatly obliged to
you, Sir, if you would get this letter or any
portion of it, published in the Plymouth Journal,
or any other paper you please. Our passage
occupied 28 days, but had it not been for meeting
with ice in the Gulf of St Lawrence, we should
have arrived much earlier.
From, Sir, yours
respectfully,
V.STAPLETON.
In the name and by the wish of the majority of
the Siam's passengers.
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